1,050 Shares in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. $AMD Purchased by Redmond Asset Management LLC

Redmond Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm acquired 1,050 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock, valued at approximately $225,000.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in AMD. Jennison Associates LLC increased its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 181.6% in the 4th quarter. Jennison Associates LLC now owns 10,910,310 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $2,336,552,000 after acquiring an additional 7,035,991 shares during the last quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 335.9% in the 3rd quarter. Wellington Management Group LLP now owns 4,847,825 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $784,330,000 after purchasing an additional 3,735,807 shares during the period. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 104.4% in the 4th quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 5,991,297 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $1,283,096,000 after purchasing an additional 3,059,935 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 1.6% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 158,522,860 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $33,949,256,000 after purchasing an additional 2,525,109 shares during the period. Finally, Rafferty Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 56.0% in the 2nd quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 6,772,923 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock worth $961,078,000 after purchasing an additional 2,430,533 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.34% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Advanced Micro Devices this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Rocket One was accepted into the AMD AI Developer Program, giving the company access to AMD cloud tools, credits, and technical resources that could help expand demand for AMD’s AI ecosystem. Rocket One Accepted into AMD AI Developer Program to Advance Simulation of Next-Generation Nanomagnetic AI Accelerator Architecture for AI, Defense and Space Applications
• Positive Sentiment: Several articles argue AMD still has room to run after its post-earnings surge, citing strong data center growth, rising EPYC and Instinct adoption, and the company’s expanding AI opportunity. AMD’s Data Center Growth Rides on EPYC Demand: More Upside Ahead?
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains constructive, with recent upgrades and higher price targets suggesting Wall Street sees a much larger market opportunity for AMD’s CPU and AI businesses. Why Wall Street Sees A Much Bigger Market Opportunity For AMD
• Positive Sentiment: AMD’s AI narrative is also being reinforced by bullish opinion pieces saying the stock’s rally may still be unfinished, keeping momentum traders engaged. AMD Stock Is On A Once-In-50-Year Run — And It Looks Like Unfinished Business
• Neutral Sentiment: Cathie Wood and ARK Invest sold more than $16 million of AMD shares, which may create some near-term headline pressure but does not change the company’s operating outlook. Cathie Wood Just Sold $16 Million of AMD Stock. Why Did ARK Invest Sell the Chip Giant?
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage noting Nvidia’s relative underperformance versus the broader chip sector is helping frame AMD as a beneficiary of shifting AI hardware demand, though the impact is indirect. Nvidia Stock Is Now a Chip Laggard

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several research analysts have commented on AMD shares. Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and issued a $579.00 target price on shares of Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Tuesday, May 19th. Truist Financial set a $478.00 target price on Advanced Micro Devices in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. HSBC downgraded Advanced Micro Devices from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating and raised their target price for the stock from $335.00 to $340.00 in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Citigroup raised their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $358.00 to $460.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday, May 18th. Finally, Susquehanna raised their target price on Advanced Micro Devices from $375.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating and twelve have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $410.00.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Mark D. Papermaster sold 31,320 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 24th. The stock was sold at an average price of $350.00, for a total transaction of $10,962,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 1,236,037 shares in the company, valued at approximately $432,612,950. This trade represents a 2.47% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, CEO Lisa T. Su sold 125,000 shares of Advanced Micro Devices stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $445.51, for a total value of $55,688,750.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 3,021,899 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,346,286,223.49. This trade represents a 3.97% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 329,085 shares of company stock worth $114,051,007. Insiders own 0.50% of the company’s stock.

Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance

Shares of AMD opened at $518.09 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $844.80 billion, a PE ratio of 169.87, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 2.40. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 1.96 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $321.45 and a 200-day moving average price of $253.87. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a 12-month low of $108.62 and a 12-month high of $527.20.

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 5th. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.37 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.29 by $0.08. The firm had revenue of $10.25 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $9.90 billion. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 9.55% and a net margin of 13.37%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 37.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $0.96 EPS. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 6.2 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Advanced Micro Devices Profile

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (NASDAQ: AMD) is a global semiconductor company that designs and sells microprocessors, graphics processors, chipsets and adaptive computing solutions for a broad set of markets. The company’s product portfolio includes consumer and commercial CPUs under the Ryzen and Threadripper brands, data center processors under the EPYC brand, and Radeon graphics processing units for gaming and professional visualization. AMD also offers semi-custom system-on-chip (SoC) products for gaming consoles and other specialized applications, and provides supporting software and platform technologies for OEMs, cloud service providers and end users.

Founded in 1969, AMD has evolved from a supplier of logic chips into a diversified, fabless semiconductor designer.